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Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78, 011302 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2431313 (39 pages)

R. D. Gehrz, T. L. Roellig, M. W. Werner, G. G. Fazio, J. R. Houck, F. J. Low, G. H. Rieke, B. T. Soifer, D. A. Levine, and E. A. Romana

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Large area mass analyzer instrument for the chemical analysis of interstellar dust particles

Z. Sternovsky, K. Amyx, G. Bano, M. Landgraf, M. Horanyi, S. Knappmiller, S. Robertson, E. Grün, R. Srama, and S. Auer

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78, 014501 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2431089 (10 pages) | Cited 13 times

Online Publication Date: 11 January 2007

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A new instrument to analyze the chemical composition of dust particles in situ in space has been developed. The large target area ( ∼ 0.2 m²) makes this instrument well suited for detecting a statistically significant number of interstellar dust grains or other dust particles with a low flux. The device is a reflectron-type time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses only flat electrodes for the generation of the parabolic potential. The instrument analyzes the ions from the impact generated plasma due to hypervelocity dust impacts onto a solid target surface. The SIMION ion optics software package is used to investigate different potential field configurations and optimize the mass resolution and focusing of the ions. The cylindrically symmetric instrument operates with six ring electrodes and six annular electrodes biased to different potentials to create the potential distribution of the reflectron. The laboratory model of the instrument has been fabricated and tested. Hypervelocity dust impacts are simulated by laser ablation using a frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser with ∼ 8 ns pulse length. The experimental data show typical mass resolution m/Δm ≈ 200.

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